Total cost of ownership and market share for hybrid and electric vehicles in the UK, US and Japan

Applied Energy

Volumn 209, Issue , 2018, Pages 108-119

  Palmer, Kate ^a   Tate, James E ^a   Wadud, Zia ^b   Nellthorp, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Transport Studies and School of Chemical and Process Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Battery Electric Vehicle; Consumer demand; Hybrid Electric Vehicle; Technology adoption; Total Cost of Ownership

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLEET OPERATIONS; PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

BATTERY-ELECTRIC VEHICLES; CALIFORNIA; CONSUMER DEMANDS; MARKET SHARE; OPERATING EXPENSE; PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE; PRICE PREMIUMS; RUNNING COST; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP;

BINARY ALLOYS;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; MARKET CONDITIONS; MARKET SYSTEM; OWNERSHIP; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85032574842     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.10.089     Document Type: Article

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